Wound A wound is a type of injury in which skin is torn, cut, or punctured (an open wound), or where blunt force trauma causes a contusion (a closed wound). In pathology, it specifically refers to a sharp injury which damages the dermis of the skin. Classification[edit] According to level of contamination a wound can be classified as clean wound , a wound made under sterile conditions where there are no organisms present in the wound and the wound is likely to heal without complications. contaminated wound , where the wound is as a result of accidental injury where there are pathogenic oragnisms and foreign bodies in the wound. infected wound , where the wound has pathogenic organisms present and multiplying showing clinical signs of infection, where it looks yellow, oozing pus, having pain and redness. colonized wound , where the wound is a chronic one and there are a number of organisms present and very difficult to heal as in a bedsore.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 07:47:22 +0000
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